Question

Read the text and choose the correct number or date to complete
the sentences:

On the twenty- first of July 1969 American astronaut Neil Armstrong
opened the door of the lunar module, the Eagle, and walked outside. He was on
the moon. He was the first man in history to walk on the moon. It was a fantastic
moment.
A few minutes later, Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon.
Armstrong and Aldrin then took photos and made a film of their short time on
the moon. They also collected information and spoke to the American president,
Richard Nixon, on the phone. Nixon said it was a “historic phone call”. They
placed an American flag there and left.
The twenty – first of July 1969 was a very important and exciting day. On
earth, a lot of people listened to their radios all day because they wanted to
hear the news about the men on the moon. And everybody in the world watched
the news to see the first pictures of the men on the moon. Was it true? Was it
real? People didn’t believe what they saw. And today, people over 50 can
remember where they were when Armstrong walked on the moon.
In November 1969, the Americans went on a second trip to the moon and
everybody watched. In the 1970s, astronauts went on five more trips. But after
that, the American government decided that they didn’t want to spend millions

and millions of dollars on trips to the moon. The last man on the moon was
there in 1972.

a) Armstrong first walked on the moon on the….
I) 21st II) 22nd III) 23 rd

b) Only … walked on the moon on that first trip.
I) one man II) two men III) three men

c) In 1969, the Americans made… to the moon.
I) one trip II) two trips III) three trips

d) Before they stopped trips to the moon, the Americans made … trips
in total
I) three II) five III) seven

e) The last trip to the moon was in …
I) 1970 II) 1971 III) 1972

Answer 1

a) I) 21°

b) II) two men

c) II) two trips

d) III) seven

e) III) 1972